Monthly Archives: July 2004 - Page 2

Rides News

Rail and cycling: Get your views heard!

Time is running out if you want to have your input as a cyclist into the Strategic Rail Authority’s Cycling Policy: The deadline for policy...

Rail and cycling: Get your views heard!
Event News

Stuart O'Grady wins stage, French Champ in yellow

The Tour’s fifth stage from Amiens in the Somme to Chartres southwest of Paris was a corker that saw a breakaway group of five...

Stuart O'Grady wins stage, French Champ in yellow
Gear

Sinclair unveils his mini-folding bicycle

Sir Clive Sinclair has unveiled his long-anticipated folding bicycle. The ‘A Bike’, so named because when unfolded it resembles the letter ‘A’, weighs 12lb (5.4 kg)...

Sinclair unveils his mini-folding bicycle
Event News

Lance takes yellow

As predicted Lance Armstrong came away from today’s Team Time Trial in the yellow jersey after U.S. Postal-Berry Floor finished top with a time of...

Lance takes yellow
Features

RCUK members take on the Etape du Tour

As preparations and media coverage for the Tour de France hot up in the professional world, hundreds of amateur cyclists are preparing for their own...

RCUK members take on the Etape du Tour
Gear

Oybike Company attempt pooled bike hire in London

It’s been tried several times before in UK citites and never worked, but now the Oybike company (On Your Bike, naturally) believe that they’ve cracked...

Oybike Company attempt pooled bike hire in London
Event News

Mayo's tilt at title looks over

Yesterday’s stage three of the Tour de France from Waterloo, Belgium, to Wasquehal, France, saw the shape of the race change. One of the favourite...

Mayo's tilt at title looks over
Event News

Cycling short group test

Choosing the right pair of shorts is essential to a comfortable and healthy time in the saddle, the number of panels and type of chamois...

Cycling short group test
Event News

Tour of Britain update

Not quite in the same league as the Tour de France but here’s a quick update on the Tour of Britain where Sean Yates’s Danish...

Tour of Britain update
Event News

Tour de France summary

Website & other coverage: Official Tour website Live coverage from Velonews.com Rider diaries on Velonews.com Live news, start list, interviews, previous winners...

Tour de France summary
Event News

Tour de France round-up

The moment is finally here: Tomorrow’s prologue in Liège, Beligium, marks the start of the 101st Tour de France and the beginning of Lance Armstrong’s...

Tour de France round-up
Features

Tour de France: The stages

Date Stage Route Distance km  Saturday, 3rd  Prologue – Individual Time Trial Liège  6.1   Sun, 4th   Stage 1 Liège – Charleroi   202.5    Mon, 5th   Stage 2 Charleroi – Namur    197          Tues, 6th  Stage 3 Waterloo – Wasquehal...

Tour de France: The stages
Rides News

SealSkinz Ultra-light first look

SealSkinz Ultra-light waterproof socks Price: £20 Website: SealSkinz.com It’s a tough life, but since the new, considerably less bulky, SealSkinz waterproof socks landed on our desk...

SealSkinz Ultra-light first look
Event News

Millar doping confession confirmed

Sorry news that will soon be plastered all over the net, David Millar’s lawyer has confirmed to the Associated Press that the Cofidis team rider...

Millar doping confession confirmed
Gear

Skoda mark TDF sponsorship with bike range

They might have been the butt of all motoring jokes through the 80s and into the nineties, but since the cold war thawed the reputation...

Skoda mark TDF sponsorship with bike range
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